On the Road with the Grape Guy

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Day 2 saw us criss-crossing the County to visit four wineries and taste wines from 9 different wineries.  How is that possible, you ask? Simply put, with our limited amount of time in the County (Saturday and Sunday) and more than 20 wineries, there is no way a large inquisitive group such as ours could hit that many places – so, some wineries were invited to pour at alternative locations.  For example, we visited Amy Mumby (winemaker) and Ed Neuser (owner) at Waupoos Winery first thing in the morning, here we tried Waupoos wines as well as wines from 33 Vines and Fool on the Hill (a label produced by the County Cider Company).  Best wine at this stop was from the Fool, delivering up a delicious and tasty 2008 Pinot Gris .

Black Prince Winery was another winery where other wines were being poured, this time wines from Harwood Estates also hit our collective glasses.  The big news here wasn’t the wine it was what they are putting the wine into:  the Prince has an interesting barrel program.  An Ontario company called The Carriage House Cooperage are currently making Prince Edward County barrels (Canadian oak barrels sourced from wood grown wild in the County), which Black Prince is experimenting with.  Here we tried a Chardonnay using the new kind of barrel and a double shot of Cabernet Franc – one aged in French wood the other in Prince Edward County wood – with dramatically different results.  Terence Van Rooyen (consulting winemaker for the Black Prince) proclaimed “this redefines local”.

Our next stop was at The Grange of Prince Edward County where a delicious lunch of ... (see the rest of the story with pictures)

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